Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to maintain police teams dedicated to each ward in Greater London.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Decisions about how policing resources are best deployed are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and, in London, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.
Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are serving in (a) Greater London and (b) the Borough of Barnet.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office does not hold all of the information requested.
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers in each Police Force Area. The Home Office does not hold data at lower levels of geography, such as London boroughs.
The latest available data are published in the “Police Workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2016” statistical bulletin:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2016
Asked by: Theresa Villiers (Conservative - Chipping Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to simplify the process for applications for permanent residence in the UK for EU nationals who live in the UK.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
We continue to make applications quicker and easier. As part of the ongoing Home Office programme to digitise all applications for immigration routes, a service was launched in October 2016 to enable single EEA applicants to apply for permanent residence online.
Customers who apply for documentation certifying permanent residence status online can also have their passport verified and copied at a range of participating Local Authorities and Premium Service Centres which are listed on our website, enabling people to retain their passport whilst their application is considered.
All applications for documentation confirming permanent residency status continue to be processed within published service standards.